Craigslist asks for exclusive license to your classified ads, Google cracks down on knock-off apps, and Windows 8 gets released to manufacturing.

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Craigslist Now Asks for Exclusive License When PostingCraigslist made a change to its terms and conditions that establishes the company as the exclusive licensee and copyright owner of all classified ads that are posted on its site. This allows Craigslist to sue anyone if ads are copied, republished, or distributed elsewhere without their permission. [Baligu]

Google Play Developer Policies Have Been Updated, We Like Where This Is HeadingGoogle made a change to its developer policy that addresses new restrictions on imitation apps. Any knock-off apps are required to have different names and icons than the apps that they're imitating. This should hopefully help Android users easily determine what apps are real and what apps are fake. [Android Central]

Releasing Windows 8 - August 1, 2012Windows 8 has officially been released to manufacturing, which means that all development and testing of the upcoming operating system is complete and is now ready to be installed on OEM machines. [MSDN Blog]

Available Now: Pocket's New Safari Extension, Plus Updates for Chrome and MoreRead it later service Pocket updated a slew of their products today with updates to their Chrome extension and web bookmarklet, as well as introducing a Safari extension and a Chrome web app. All of the updates and additions allow for easier and quicker methods for saving web pages for later consumption. [Pocket Blog]